tubicolous

American  

[too-bik-uh-luhs, tyoo-] / tuˈbɪk ə ləs, tyu- /

adjective

1. living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.

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tubicolous British  

/ tjuːˈbɪkələs /

adjective

1. (of certain invertebrate animals) living in a self-constructed tube

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Etymology

Origin of tubicolous

Fist recorded in 1870–75; tubi- ( def. ) + -colous ( def. )

Example Sentences

Cornulites, kor-nū-lī′tez, n.pl. a genus of tubicolous annelids.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Sedentaria, sed-en-tā′ri-a, n.pl. the tubicolous worms: the sedentary spiders.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Uncinā′ta, a division of marine ch�topod worms—serpulas and other tubicolous worms.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Vestlet, vest′let, n. a tubicolous sea-anemone of genus Cerianthus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Naturally, it is among the free living forms that the parapodium is best developed, and least developed among the tubicolous Polychaeta.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various